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PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Filed April 1, 1942' 19 Sheets-Sheet l7 Nov. 14, 1944, A. H. GOREY ET AL PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA PARTICULARLY ADAPTED FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY l9 Sheets-Sheet 18 Filed April 1, 1942 INVENTORS: dlrlrhieli aoreza Loam/1917; Wild? Patented Nov. 14, 1944 UNITED STA'l'ES PATENT OFFICE PHOTOGRAPHIC CADIERA PARTICULARLIY ADAPTED FOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Archie H. Gorey, Louis D. Nadel, and Edson S. Hineline, Rochester, N. Y., assignors to The Folmer, Graflex Corporation, Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application April 1, 1942, Serial No. 437,240

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' a single embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig.1 is a front elevation of the camera showing the position of the stationary handle, and of the operating handle when in position ready for making an exposure; 7

Fig. 2 is a left side elevation of Fig. 1, showing the position of the identification holder when in place for making an exposure;

Fig. 3 is a right side elevation of the camera showing the shutter rewind handle in position ready for making an exposure, the position of the shutter release trigger being also shown and the forward position of the shutter operating handle being indicated in dotted lines, which is the position of the shutte rewind handle when it has been moved all the way forward;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a top view of the camera wlththe magazine cover removed and certain parts of the casting or camera body having been cut away to show the mounting of the take-up spool drive, the measuring roll and counter drive gears being shown in dotted lines;

, Fig. 6 is a top plan view similar to Fig. 5 but with the film pressure pad, film spools, and film spool bracket removed to show the exposure aperture, the film recording tab being also shown;

Fig. 7 is a section taken through the camera, showing the mounting of the film spools, the shutter curtain rolls, the pressure pad, and the capping gates; the latter being in a closed condition; a I

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary detail in section similar to Fig. I, but showing a glass pressure plate used instead of the open exposure aperture plate;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. '7. but showing the capping gates in a partially open condition;

Fig. 10 is a horizontal section looking toward the lens, taken on the line Ill-40 of Fig. 7, showing the mounting of the capping gates and the mechanism for operating them;

Fig. 11 is a detail of the shutter curtain, showing its several apertures:

Fig. 12 is a horizontal section through the camera body taken on the line I2i 2 of Fig. 13, showing the construction oi the curtain rolls;

Fig. 13 is a right hand side elevation of the camera, with the mechanism cover removed.

showing the mechanism with the shutter in rewound condition ready for making an exposure; Fig. 14 is a section through the mechanism housing, taken on the line l|l4 of Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a partial horizontal section taken through Fig. 13 on the line l5-l5 thereof with some of the parts removed;

Fig. 16 is a partial vertical section taken through Fig. 21, on the line I 8-4 6 thereof, showing shutter seting mechanism when in the set or ready condition;

Fig. 1'7 is a view similar to Fig. 16, but with the shutter setting knob moved to the right to permit the selection of another curtain aperture;

Fig. 18 is a partial horizontal section through the camera mechanism housing, upon an enlarged scale, to show the construction of the film exposure counter;

Fig. 19 is a detail of the curtain latch member; Fig. 20 isa left hand elevation of Fig. 19; Fig. 21 is a view similar to Fig. 13, but with the camera release trigger partially moved in a direction to release the shutter, the capping gates being partially open, but the curtain not yet released;

Fig. 22 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 21, but having some oi the parts removed to show more clearly the shutter latching means and one of the interlocks;

Fig. 23 is a fragmentary detail partially in section, taken on the line 2323 of Fig. 22, showing one of the interlocks;

Fig. 24 is a view similar to Fig. 21, but with the shutter release member moved a sufllcient distance to open fully the capping gates, disengage the winding gear, and release the shutter;

Fig. 25 is a. detail partially in section of Fig. 24 on the line 25-25 thereof;

Fig. 26 is a fragmentary view similar to Fig. 24, but having some of the parts removed to show more clearly the operation of one of the rewind interlocks when the mechanism is in the condition shown in Fig. 24;

Fig. 27 is a view similar to Fig. 23, but shows the interlock as it appears when the mechanism is in the condition shown in Fig. 24;

Fig. 28 is a view similar to Fig. 24, but representing the shutter release trigger as having returned to the starting position, allowing the capping gates to be closed and allowing the 

